presenileadj.

Brit.

/ˌpriːˈsiːnʌɪl/, U.S.

/priˈsiˌnaɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, senile adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + senile adj.In presenile dementia n. at Compounds after senile dementia n. at senile adj. 1b.

Medicine.

Designating the period of life preceding old age (variously defined, but commonly considered to be from about 50 to 60 or 65); occurring in characteristic of or in this period. Also: characteristic of senility but appearing prematurely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > preceding old age

presenile1892

1892 New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jrnl. July 5 The cases of presenile alopecia which I have had occasion to treat..occurred in males.

1897 Lippincott's Med. Dict. 825/2 Presenile, occurring before old age: as, presenile alopecia or baldness.

1903 Lancet 22 Aug. 517/2 The patients in the severe cases are men as a rule in the pre-senile stage.

1913 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 40 386 The peculiar combination of symptoms seen in the presenile psychosis.

1950 D. B. Kirby Surg. Cataract x. 193/2 The presenile soft cataract up to the fourth decade may be handled by discission.

1968 Brain 91 37 Senile and presenile patients who are demented may show several responses which can be called developmental, fœtal or primitive reflexes.

1994 Stroke 25 798 Major depression developing during or after the presenile period is frequently combined with silent cerebral infarction.

2014 B. Dickerson & A. Atri Dementia Foreword p. ix It became more apparent late in the 19th century and early 20th century that many dementias occurred earlier in life and were ‘presenile’.

Compounds

presenile dementia n. dementia developing during the presenile period; an instance or type of this.

ΚΠ

1903 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 8 335 Senile cases as classified in the tables include also pre-senile dementia.

1954 Times 1 Sept. 2/5 He had pre-senile dementia and was really like a child of four or five.

1987 W. Percy Thanatos Syndrome (1988) v. xiv. 399 But there was no denying his strange behavior. Perhaps it is presenile dementia.

2002 Sci. Amer. June 82/2 [He] examined five elderly patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one form of presenile dementia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	presenile
释义	presenileadj. Brit. /ˌpriːˈsiːnʌɪl/, U.S. /priˈsiˌnaɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, senile adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + senile adj.In presenile dementia n. at Compounds after senile dementia n. at senile adj. 1b. Medicine. Designating the period of life preceding old age (variously defined, but commonly considered to be from about 50 to 60 or 65); occurring in characteristic of or in this period. Also: characteristic of senility but appearing prematurely. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > preceding old age presenile1892 1892 New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jrnl. July 5 The cases of presenile alopecia which I have had occasion to treat..occurred in males. 1897 Lippincott's Med. Dict. 825/2 Presenile, occurring before old age: as, presenile alopecia or baldness. 1903 Lancet 22 Aug. 517/2 The patients in the severe cases are men as a rule in the pre-senile stage. 1913 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 40 386 The peculiar combination of symptoms seen in the presenile psychosis. 1950 D. B. Kirby Surg. Cataract x. 193/2 The presenile soft cataract up to the fourth decade may be handled by discission. 1968 Brain 91 37 Senile and presenile patients who are demented may show several responses which can be called developmental, fœtal or primitive reflexes. 1994 Stroke 25 798 Major depression developing during or after the presenile period is frequently combined with silent cerebral infarction. 2014 B. Dickerson & A. Atri Dementia Foreword p. ix It became more apparent late in the 19th century and early 20th century that many dementias occurred earlier in life and were ‘presenile’. Compounds presenile dementia n. dementia developing during the presenile period; an instance or type of this. ΚΠ 1903 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 8 335 Senile cases as classified in the tables include also pre-senile dementia. 1954 Times 1 Sept. 2/5 He had pre-senile dementia and was really like a child of four or five. 1987 W. Percy Thanatos Syndrome (1988) v. xiv. 399 But there was no denying his strange behavior. Perhaps it is presenile dementia. 2002 Sci. Amer. June 82/2 [He] examined five elderly patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one form of presenile dementia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1892
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